Mangaluru: In a befitting tribute, the road from Hamilton Circle to Rao & Rao Circle in the City would all likely be named after Padma Shri awardee Harekala Hajabba. Incidentally, Hajabba used to sell oranges on this road, and went on to open a school in his native from money got from selling oranges. Mangaluru City Corporation adopted a resolution to this effect on Thursday December 30.
Congress Corporator Abdul Latheef recommended naming the road or nearby road after Hajabba, which was heard in a Council meeting chaired by Mangaluru Mayor Premananda Shetty.
Further, the meeting resolved to send the proposal to name the road from Hamilton Circle to Rao & Rao Circle as ‘Padma Shri Harekala Hajabba Road’ to the Town Planning Standing Committee for due procedure. Now the committee will follow the 2009 government directions to complete the process before sending it to the State Government for approval.
